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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — The Athletics-Marlins game was halted for a short 10-minute delay after two fans were hit in the face by foul balls.

A line drive off the bat of Oakland’s Nick Punto struck a young woman sitting in the first row along the right-field line, and then hit a man nearby.

The woman was conscious when she was placed in a wheelchair on the field and taken along the warning track to an exit in the right-field corner. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation, the Marlins said.

The man received treatment at the ballpark and was released.

“Marlins Park was a dangerous place today,” Miami manager Mike Redmond said. “I saw the girl get hit square on. She had no idea it was coming. I think she just turned at the last second.”

Punto said his foul skipped off the railing along the front of the stands before hitting the woman.